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Skoogle CPD Day, Nearly
Today was our only full ‘VLE day’ for staff and I am left with a strange mix of reflections. The positives, bringing in an ‘outsider’ added assurance to our staff that we were not misleading them. Toby Holman, Asst Head …
Department Time
This Friday we had the whole day to spend together as a Department. Although prior to the meeting I had requested and received agenda items, I decided we would start the day by writing our self review document for the …
An Open Source Fairytale
So here is the ups and downs of Open Source. After a lot of work, we have a great looking theme and a Moodle 1.95 to install. 1.95 offers a really amazing gradebook features and I know it will have …
Tiny Buddha
‘Fools wait for a lucky day but every day is a lucky day for an industrious man.’ Little Buddha I like the theme of this Tiny Buddha quote but it does not replace my favourite. ‘He who wants milk should …
Seb Schmoller has Ruined my Wife's Weekend
I urge you to read and contribute to Seb Schmollers most recent article ‘What would be the single most effective thing government could do to drive its digital inclusion agenda?‘ Seb, is incredibly well informed, well read and modest. I …
Inbit for 15 Users Only (Try Spark)
This weeks testing of Inbit went well. Users liked the idea of IM and it was put to good use. That is until the 16th user was restricted. Inbit is not bad at all and at $180 fairly priced but …
Wiki Slice
This week we launched Hamble Wiki, a Wikipedia slice selection for schools targeted around the UK National Curriculum. This slice includes about 5500 articles and is about the size of a twenty volume encyclopaedia (34,000 images and 20 million words). …